Indeed, there is no permanent enemy in politics but permanent interest. If anyone had predicted that ever trending Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose and his hitherto estranged party man, Tope Aluko will ever see eye-to-eye, his prediction would have been swept under the carpet.
Dramatically, the former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti who was at war with his ally, Fayose has made a U-turn and reconciled with the governor.
Aluko who had confessed on live TV that he was releasing what he called secrets of how the Ekiti election was rigged because Governor Ayo Fayose did not fulfill his promise of appointing him Chief of Staff, was seen in a video on Monday, saying he no longer has any problem with Fayose.
However, in the new less-than-two-minute video, which was shot in Lagos on Saturday, Fayose was seen standing beside Aluko, answering questions asked by journalists.
Fayose told journalists in the...

TVC E, POLITICS - Security operatives have arrested some political appointees and elected public office holders in Ekiti State.
The Speaker of the Ekiti House of Assembly, who confirmed the arrests to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, said
a member of the House had been taken to Abuja by DSS operatives, while the whereabouts of three other members were unknown.
The Speaker alleged that the action of the DSS was part of the plot, to coerce the lawmakers to impeach Governor Ayo Fayose.
Observers of political events in Ekiti State believe that the arrests may not be unconnected with the can of worms, opened on the 2014 Governorship Election in the state, by the State Secretary of the PDP - Temitope Aluko...

TVC E, -POLITICS - Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers has dissociated its members from an online publication entitled, How Ekiti Obas rebuffed Fayose plan on Anti Dr Tope Aluko plot.
The Obas addressed journalists at their monthly meeting in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
TVC News Correspondent, Akin Ogunmola reports that the statutory meeting of the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers was in session when its Chairman, the Ologotun of Ogotun Ekiti read a prepared speech to newsmen.
The royal fathers said the publication that the State Governor lobbied them to issue a communique to condemn the former State Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, Dr Tope Aluko was false.
It would be recalled that Dr Tope Aluko is the whistle blower who alleged that the 2014 Governorship Election in the state was massively rigged.
The council described the said publication as libelous and asked for a published apology.
Ekiti Obas say there is...

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TVC E, POLITICS - Some PDP lawmakers in the Lagos state House of Assembly have described the recent confession made by a Former PDP secretary, Dr. Temitope Aluko detailing how the Ekiti state Governorship election was rigged, as a hoax.
The lawmakers challenged Aluko to come out with stronger evidences to back up his claims.
They say Aluko should bury his face in shame and let Governor Ayo Fayose be....

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TVC E, POLITICS - The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has called on the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to prosecute those indicted in the state election rigging scandal.
The party's spokesperson, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said the election fraud crisis had refused to go despite all maneuvering by Governor Ayodele Fayose.
He said Fayose is the biggest beneficiary of the election fraud that had created blight on Nigeria's international image.
The APC spokesman said that it had become pertinent to prosecute the suspects as the revelations were again emanating from the insider who participated fully in what is now known as Ekiti gate.
The Party therefore urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use Ekiti election fraud case to convince Nigerians that official impunity and fraud would not have a place in Nigeria under his watch....

TVC E, POLITICS - Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose has berated an ex-secretary of the state's chapter of the PDP, Tope Aluko over allegations that former president Goodluck Jonathan funded his election win.
Aluko claimed that Jonathan gave Fayose $37 million cash for the June 21, 2014 governorship election on Sunday.
The embattled PDP chieftain, a member of the team that prosecuted the election, said Jonathan gave Fayose the alleged sum in two tranches.
He alleged that $2 million was collected in March 2014 at the NNPC Towers in Abuja for the primary election.
He said the money was received from businessman Ifeanyi Uba, who last night denied playing any role in the election or giving Fayose any money.
Aluko said the cash was taken to Fayose’s private house in Abuja from where it was moved to Ekiti.
“Immediately after the primary election, we collected another $35 million from Jonathan on June 17, 2014. The money was...